Quote by Archie Shepp
Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existen

Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened. – Archie Shepp

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In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous. – Archie Shepp

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Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it. – Stevie Wonder

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I seriously hate pop music and all things super-commercial. – Ani DiFranco

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Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through. – Lenny Kravitz

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